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Definition of Lille
1. Noun. An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders.
Definition of Lille
1. Proper noun. A city in France, the capital of Nord-Pas-de-Calais ¹
2. Proper noun. A village in Belgium, near Turnhout. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lille
Literary usage of Lille
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northern France, from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"291/2 M. Lille (see p. 88). Ш. From Lille to Courtrai. ... of seats and carrying
no luggage, which ply to a number of places between Lille and Tourcoing. ..."
2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"I have no money, I lie in pawn, A stranger in the town of Lille. ... How can I,
without cash at Lille ? I think how pleasant were n pot, A frothing pot of ..."
3. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"Douai had now been entered by the British, Lille had been occupied, ... The fall
of Lille took from the Germans the last of the bastions which for years had ..."
4. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"(45) THE EVACUATION OF Lille Our advance north of the Lys had brought our troops
far to the east of the Lille defenses on the northern side, ..."
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